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CGXU vs ESGD: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGXU and ESGD hold 14% of their weight in the same names, and CGXU returned +18.6% over the year. Net assets: $6.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, and $11.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF.

ESGD costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points.

CGXUESGD
Expense ratio0.54%0.20%
Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026$6.8bn$11.8bn
Total return, 1 year+18.6%+13.4%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common14%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund38.4%14.2%
Below its high5.1%, high on Sep 8, 20264.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+18.6%
CGXU total return, 1 year
+13.4%
ESGD total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGXU expense ratio
0.20%
ESGD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGXU and ESGD hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

14% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGXU ESGD
ASML Holding NV 2.44% 3.49%
Nestle SA 1.05% 1.03%
Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.29% 0.97%
Hitachi Ltd 1.62% 0.83%
Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 1.50% 0.72%
SoftBank Group Corp 6.36% 0.68%
Mizuho Financial Group Inc 1.46% 0.65%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.08% 0.64%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 1.43% 0.63%
AIA Group Ltd 1.10% 0.53%
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc 1.00% 0.46%
Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd 0.76% 0.38%
Only in CGXU
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.83%
First Quantum Minerals Ltd 5.12%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.54%
SK hynix Inc 3.27%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.10%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.00%
Novo Nordisk A/S 2.46%
Cenovus Energy Inc 2.24%
Only in ESGD
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47%
NOVARTIS AG 1.45%
SAP 1.22%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17%
SIEMENS N AG 1.15%
SHELL 1.14%
ABB LTD 1.06%
ALLIANZ 1.01%

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On the same fields

CGXU
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF
ESGD
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +18.6% +13.4%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +1.4 pts −3.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 73 337
Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 $6.8bn $11.8bn

CGXU and ESGD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CGXU in plain words

CGXU is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 73 positions, with the top ten at 38.4%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Sep 8, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

ESGD in plain words

ESGD tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 337 positions, with the top ten at 14.2%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or ESGD?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and ESGD +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, CGXU or ESGD?
ESGD is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGXU and ESGD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGXU and 0% of ESGD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CGXU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGXU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGXU ↗ESGD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGD ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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